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I appear unexpectedly, For no apparent reason; And I begin a conversation You've waited for. You're reticent when I speak, When I sit in a familiar chair In a room we both know; Where I don't belong. I've no control over my visits, No more than yours. Others are peripherally present, With marbled voices. Your focus is me, Wondering why I'm there. Do I move to your blind spot, occasionally? I am invasive and untoward. I am not plasma, a phantasm or apparition. I emerge from the mist to your surprise.      What are you doing here? I ask the same when you visit, Yet I love to see you, relaxed, intwined. You treat me as an old friend With inquiries and interest. I have so much to confess to you, But you're disinterested in past failures. Someone interrupts us, You leave, Through the same ethereal. If you called to say you were coming For a visit, I'd get no sleep.
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Aug 7, 2017
Aug 7, 2017 at 9:19 AM UTC
I Get No Sleep
I appear unexpectedly, For no apparent reason; And I begin a conversation You've waited for. You're reticent when I speak, When I sit in a familiar chair In a room we both know; Where I don't belong. I've no control over my visits, No more than yours. Others are peripherally present, With marbled voices. Your focus is me, Wondering why I'm there. Do I move to your blind spot, occasionally? I am invasive and untoward. I am not plasma, a phantasm or apparition. I emerge from the mist to your surprise.      What are you doing here? I ask the same when you visit, Yet I love to see you, relaxed, intwined. You treat me as an old friend With inquiries and interest. I have so much to confess to you, But you're disinterested in past failures. Someone interrupts us, You leave, Through the same ethereal. If you called to say you were coming For a visit, I'd get no sleep.
francie-lynch
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Aug 7, 2017
Aug 7, 2017 at 9:19 AM UTC
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